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Come across Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Is 'across" an adverb or a preposition in 'come across'?

When 'come across' means to discover something or someone, is 'across' an adverb or a preposition?
  

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Neither. "across" is a part of the phrasal verb "come across".

— Ivanhr

  • Neither.
  • "across" is a part of the phrasal verb "come across".
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Neither.


"across" is a part of the phrasal verb "come across".

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Some grammarians have it as a preposition, some an adverb and some a particle. There is no general agreement.

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